Fiancés on the Bridge

Plot Summary

A subtitle warns, "beware of dark sunglasses." Anna and her lover, whose looks in bowler and bow tie are reminiscent of a young Buster Keaton, kiss chastely on a bridge overlooking the Seine. He dons sunglasses and waves as she runs down a stairway to the river's edge, then watches in horror as she's knocked flat and loaded into the back of a hearse. In vain, he gives chase. Disconsolate, he buys a large funeral wreath and a handkerchief from sympathetic vendors. He removes the glasses to wipe his eyes and realizes they are the cause of all his woe. He replays the farewell without the glasses.

Top Cast

Anna Karina Anna, The Blonde Girl

Jean-Luc Godard Man with the Black Glasses

Emilienne Caille Black Fiancée

Eddie Constantine The Sprinkler

Sami Frey Undertaker